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Written by ERYN GABLE, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 02 August 2007 |
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More than a decade after Congress told the Forest Service to conduct
environmental analysis of grazing permits on federal lands, thousands
of such permits still have not been reviewed.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, GREENWIRE
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
If U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer decides to once again strike
down the Clinton-era roadless rule, the Bush administration and four
Western states want him to limit the ruling to the state of Wyoming.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, GREENWIRE
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Friday, 27 July 2007 |
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The Forest Service wants to use the public's increasing awareness of
climate change in order to raise private funds to address the agency's
1 million acre reforestation backlog.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, E&E DAILY
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Friday, 27 July 2007 |
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Lawmakers are no closer to finding common ground to reauthorize a
multibillion-dollar grant program for Western timber counties after
Bush administration officials and Republicans yesterday blasted a new
proposal from a Democratic measure that seeks raise $4 billion from
commercial activities on federal lands.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, GREENWIRE,
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Friday, 27 July 2007 |
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The Forest Service should use its national planning rule developed
under Ronald Reagan rather than a more recent version drafted by the
Clinton administration, 14 environmental groups say in a lawsuit filed
yesterday.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
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The Fish and Wildlife Service will re-examine eight different
endangered species decisions that had the touch of former Interior
Department political appointee Julie MacDonald, Director Dale Hall has
confirmed.
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Written by APRIL REESE, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
TAOS COUNTY, N.M. — From 3,000 feet in the air, the Rio Grande below
carves a ragged gash through a vast expanse of sage brush covered
table-lands stretching as far as the eye can see. Far below, beyond
sight, elk and pronghorn forage among the sage brush, while eagles,
falcons and hawks nest in the gorge.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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Congress is considering legislation that would give landowners a new
tool to protect their property from damage by oil and gas drilling, a
move many ranchers and environmentalists in the West say is long
overdue.
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Written by LUCY KAFANOV, E&E DAILY
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
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Congressional interest in finding a legislative fix in the wake of two
muddled Supreme Court decisions continues to bubble this week as a
House committee looks into the extent of the federal government's power
to regulate waters and streams.
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Written by LYDIA DEPILLIS, GREENWIRE
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
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The House International Conservation Caucus has become one of the
larger bipartisan groups on Capitol Hill by keeping its agenda
noncontroversial and its profile low.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, LAND LETTER
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 |
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Environmentalists accused the Bureau of Land Management of sacrificing
the wilderness characteristics of thousands of acres in western
Colorado by granting oil and gas leases on South Shale Ridge during an
appearance last week in federal district court in Denver.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, E&E DAILY
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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
The Forest Service has gone too far in expanding the use of categorical
exclusions to limit reviews under the National Environmental Policy
Act, the chairman of a House subcommittee and environmental attorneys
said yesterday.
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Written by LAUREN MORELLO, GREENWIRE
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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
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The House voted yesterday to bar the White House Office of Management
and Budget from enforcing a controversial executive order governing
agencies' development of regulations and guidance documents.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, GREENWIRE
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the bald eagle's removal
from the endangered species list today, in a ceremony on the steps of
the Jefferson Memorial.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
The Clean Water Act trumps endangered species protections, a divided
Supreme Court ruled this week in a decision that favored developers and
the Bush administration in a dispute with environmental groups.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, E&E NEWS PM
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Environmentalists say today's Supreme Court ruling on the Endangered
Species Act could open the door for the Bush administration to ignore
species' concerns when implementing other laws.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, E&E DAILY
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Friday, 22 June 2007 |
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Alaska's lone congressman yesterday offered to add more than 61,000
acres to two federal wildlife refuges in the state, in exchange for the
right to build a road to connect a pair of remote villages.
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Written by APRIL REESE, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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FOSSIL CREEK, Coconino National Forest, Ariz. — Two years after utility
Arizona Public Service Co. shut down operations of a hydroelectric
power plant here, the creek has resumed to its full flow, with the
waterway's trademark travertine building new formations, and native
fish are thriving. But the sight of colorful kayaks along the upper
river, and trash strewn across a campsite farther downstream signify a
potential new threat to the restored stream: increasing recreational
pressures.
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Written by ARTHUR O'DONNELL, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
While Utah and Alaska have been in the forefront of local attempts to
assert broad rights-of-way on roads that lie within the boundaries of
federal lands, two cases in California appear to be the next front in
the ongoing skirmish over the effects of a Civil War-era law.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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The Senate Finance Committee agreed Tuesday to add more than $4 billion
for two largely Western grant programs to the fast-moving energy tax
bill.
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